====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0899 from reel: L 3132 (1987-12-02 to 1988-07-27) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/86544 Title: Student Senate Approves Budget Summary: The Student Senate approved the fiscal 1989 budget for student organizations after 11 hours of debate, allocating funds to various campus groups and making amendments to the budget proposal. Category: campus news Subjects: student government; university finance; student organizations Named Entities: Moberg, Jeff [staff writer] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Margin Plan Might Reach Senate Soon Summary: A school finance bill known as the Margin of Excellence plan, which would cost the state $7.5 million, is expected to reach the Kansas Senate soon after being amended in committee. Category: campus news Subjects: university finance; state funding; academic governance Named Entities: Woodford, Elaine [staff writer]; Bogina, August [state senator]; Harder, Joseph [state senator]; Winter Jr., Wint [state senator] Confidence: 0.85 Title: On Our Way Summary: KU basketball players Kevin Pritchard and Scooter Barry wave as they leave Municipal Auditorium after the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American East-West game. Category: sports Subjects: basketball; NCAA tournament; KU athletics Named Entities: Pritchard, Kevin [KU basketball player]; Barry, Scooter [KU basketball player]; Brown, Larry [KU basketball coach] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Children Learn Acting Skills Summary: Children participated in a workshop where they learned acting skills, made masks, and performed in a production of 'The School's Out-Theater's In' at Lawrence schools. Category: features/profiles Subjects: theater education; children's programs; performing arts Named Entities: Dilmore, Kevin [staff writer]; Carlson, Sarah [child participant]; Stevenson, Andy [graduate student] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Eighty KU Students to Lobby for Margin Summary: Approximately 80 KU students planned to lobby state legislators in support of the Margin of Excellence funding plan, which would provide $47 million in state funding for higher education. Category: campus news Subjects: student activism; university funding; state legislature Named Entities: Jess, Jill [staff writer]; Hutchinson, Jane [KU director]; Ambler, Laura [H.E.R.O. lobbyist] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Vigil to Mark Anniversary of King's Death Summary: Campus and community groups planned a vigil to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, featuring speakers and a moment of silence. Category: campus news Subjects: civil rights; Martin Luther King Jr.; commemoration Named Entities: Faddis, Kathleen [staff writer]; Ramaley, Judith [executive vice chancellor]; Litwin, Daveen [director of Hillel] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Senators Approve Contra Aid Plan Summary: The U.S. Senate approved a $48 million humanitarian aid package for the contras, which would also provide medical care for injured children in Nicaragua. Category: national news Subjects: foreign policy; congress; humanitarian aid Named Entities: The Associated Press Confidence: 0.85 Title: Spring Forward Summary: Reminder that the nation will lose an hour when Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. Category: informational content Subjects: daylight saving time; calendar Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.